Membership and Ticket InformationMembership subscription
¤30Concessionary membership subscription ¤20
Students who can produce a valid College ID can apply for free
concessionary membership. Membership can also be purchased in Pro
Musica, Oliver Plunkett Street, Cork.
Box office opens 45 minutes prior to concert start time.
Full programme details and artist info are available online on
our website
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All Concert tickets: ¤20 (non-members) / ¤15 (members) / ¤10
(concessionary members)
Except:
Fleischmann Choir with the CSM Symphony OrchestraBalcony: ¤25 /
Front parterre: ¤20 (COS members: ¤15) / Back parterre: ¤15 (COS
members: ¤10) / Under 18s: ¤5
Cork Concert Orchestra with Dumitru Goia (conductor)Balcony: ¤25
(COS members: ¤20) / Downstairs: ¤15 (COS members: ¤12)
Vanbrugh Quartet Scholarship Fundraiser Concert¤25 (Non-members)
/ ¤20 (COS members)
COS Programme Jan – June 2017DATE PERFORMERS TIME/VENUE
19/01/17 ED CREEDON (VIOLA) & 8.00 pm, Curtis Auditorium,
SABINE DUCROT (PIANO) CIT Cork School of Music
26/01/17 VANBRUGH QUARTET 8.00 pm, Curtis Auditorium, WITH BILL
BUTT (CELLO) CIT Cork School of Music
09/02/17 FICINO ENSEMBLE - 8.00 pm, Curtis Auditorium, CLARINET
QUINTET CIT Cork School of Music
16/02/17 PHILIP MARTIN - 8.00 pm, Curtis Auditorium, PIANO
RECITAL CIT Cork School of Music
18/02/17 FLEISCHMANN CHOIR & THE 8.00 pm, City Hall, Cork
CSM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
26/02/17 CORK CONCERT ORCHESTRA 8.00 pm, City Hall, Cork with
DUMITRU GOIA (conductor)
02/03/17 CATHERINE LEONARD (VIOLIN) 8.00 pm, Curtis Auditorium,
& HUGH TINNEY (PIANO) CIT Cork School of Music
23/03/17 EMMANUELLE BERTRAND 8.00 pm, Curtis Auditorium, (CELLO)
& PASCAL AMOYEL CIT Cork School of Music (PIANO)
08/04/17 CORK SCHOOL OF MUSIC 1.10 pm, Curtis Auditorium,
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CIT Cork School of Music
20/04/17 BRASS TACKS 8.00 pm, (BRASS QUINTET) Venue to be
confirmed
27/04/17 ILIAN GARNET (VIOLIN) & 8.00 pm, Curtis Auditorium,
STANISLAV JAR (PIANO) CIT Cork School of Music
17/05/17 ELIZABETH COONEY & 8.00 pm, Curtis Auditorium,
FRIENDS (STRING SEXTET) CIT Cork School of Music
02/06/17 FIONA KELLY (FLUTE) & 8.00 pm, Curtis Auditorium,
SABINE DUCROT (PIANO) CIT Cork School of Music
17/06/17 VANBRUGH QUARTET - 8.00 pm, Aula Maxima, Scholarship
Fundraiser Concert University College Cork
SEASON TICKETS are now available for the Spring/Summer 2017
concert season.
COS members: ¤125 (standard) / ¤75 (concession)Non-members: ¤150
(standard) / ¤100 (concession)
For more details, please see:
www.corkorchestralsociety.ie/cos-season-tickets
Fri 02 June 2017 (to be confirmed)8.00 pm, Curtis Auditorium,
CIT Cork School of Music
Fiona Kelly (flute) & Sabine Ducrot (piano) Irish flautist
Fiona Kelly, principal flute of the Swedish Chamber Orchestra,
joins pianist Sabine Ducrot for a programme featuring famous works
by Debussy and Franck, plus a selection of delightful pieces for
flute by four lesser known French composers.Debussy: Sonata for
violin (arranged for Flute and Piano). Marais: Folies D’Espagne.
Jolivet: Chant de Linos. Gaubert: Ballade. Hurel: Loops for solo
Flute. Franck: Sonata in A major (arranged for Flute and Piano)
Thurs 27 April 20178.00 pm, Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School
of Music
Ilian Garnet (violin) & Stanislav Jar (piano) Cork
Orchestral Society is very pleased to present a recital by the
exciting and multi-prizewinning Moldovan duo Ilian Gârnet and
Stanislav Jar. The delightful programme features works by Bach,
Beethoven and César Franck.Bach: Sonata for Violin and Obbligato
Harpsichord No.1, BWV 1014. Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano
No.3 in E flat major, Op.12 No.3. Franck: Sonata in A major for
Violin and Piano.
Sat 17 June 20178.00 pm, Aula Maxima, UCC
Vanbrugh Quartet - Scholarship Fundraiser Concert The Vanbrugh
Quartet’s annual Scholarship Gala Fundraiser is always a
spectacular finish to our season. This wonderful event invariably
promises a memorable mix of great music and special guests.The
concert is in aid of the National String Quartet Foundation.
Wed 17 May 20178.00 pm, Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School of
Music
Elizabeth Cooney & Friends (String Sextet) Violinist
Elizabeth Cooney and an eminent group of musical friends – Mairéad
Hickey (violin); Simon Aspell and Ruth Gibson (violas); Guy
Johnston and Brian O’Kane (cellos) – perform popular works for
string sextet by Brahms and Tchaikovsky.Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de
FlorenceBrahms: Sextet No.1 in B flat major Op.16
Thurs 19 January 20178.00 pm, Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School
of Music
Ed Creedon (viola) & Sabine Ducrot (piano)Cork Orchestral
Society is delighted to open its Spring season with a recital by
the highly acclaimed young Cork-born Viola player, Ed Creedon. For
this very special concert, Ed will be accompanied by French
pianist, Sabine Ducrot. Schumann: Märchenbilder. Clarke: Sonata for
Viola and Piano. Penderecki: Cadenza for viola solo. Vieuxtemps:
Sonata for Viola and Piano.
Thurs 26 January 20178.00 pm, Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School
of Music
Vanbrugh Quartet with Bill Butt (cello)As part of their last
ever tour with the existing line up of musicians, the Vanbrugh
Quartet will perform string quartet miniatures from China, Norway,
Ireland and the USA, plus Schubert’s sublime String Quintet with
guest cellist, Bill Butt.Sean Doherty: The Devil’s Dream.
Kraggerud: Preghiera. Zhou Long: Song of the Ch’in. Barber: Adagio.
Schickele: Barn Dance. Schubert: Quintet in C Major, Op.163
Sat 18 February 20178.00 pm, City Hall, Cork
Fleischmann Choir & the CSM Symphony OrchestraThe ever
popular Fleischmann Choir, accompanied by the CSM Symphony
Orchestra, performs one of the most profoundly beautiful sacred
works of the nineteenth century, Stabat Mater by the great Czech
composer, Antonín Dvořák. Conductor: Conor Palliser.
Sat 08 April 20171.10 pm, Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School of
Music
Cork School of Music Symphony Orchestra Conor Palliser conducts
the Cork School of Music Symphony Orchestra in a FREE Open Day
concert! The programme for this hugely popular event features the
exquisite penultimate symphony of Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No.8 in
G major, Op.88
Thurs 20 April 20178.00 pm, Venue to be confirmed
Brass Tacks (Brass Quintet) Brass Tracks is a chamber group
dedicated to making brass music from throughout the ages accessible
to audiences young and old, by performing music from the
Renaissance period to the present day. They aim to not only enthuse
and excite, but also to entertain their listeners and release new
life and theatre into music.
Thurs 16 February 20178.00 pm, Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork
School of Music
Philip Martin Acclaimed Dublin-born pianist and composer Philip
Martin has a unique, sought-after reputation which has made him a
distinguished international artist. “Mr. Martin is capable of
prodigious virtuosity and is musicianly to the utmost
degree”.Fauré: Nocturne No.6 in D flat, Op.63. Martin: Night
Piece/Pisces, Gemini and Scorpio from “Zodiac Suite”/New York
Nights. Mayerl: Shallow Waters/Robots. Gottschalk: Le
Bananier/Solitude/Le Banjo
Thurs 02 March 20178.00 pm, Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School
of Music
Catherine Leonard (violin) & Hugh Tinney (piano) Two of
Ireland’s foremost musicians with highly successful solo careers in
Ireland and internationally, Catherine and Hugh have performed as a
critically acclaimed duo since 2000.J.S.Bach: Sonata in C minor for
violin and piano, BMW 1017– 1. Siciliano (Largo) & 2. Allegro.
Schubert: Sonata in A minor, D 385. Messiaen: Thème et Variations
(1932). Deane: Parthenia Violata. Brahms: Sonata in D minor,
Op.108
Thurs 09 February 20178.00 pm, Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork
School of Music
Ficino Ensemble - Clarinet QuintetFormed by the highly esteemed
American violinist Nathan Sherman in 2012, the Ficino Ensemble is
an exciting new flexible chamber music group that performs great
music for small ensembles, ranging from string trios to works
written for larger groups.Milkos Rozsa: String Trio Op.1 Philip
Glass: String Quartet No.3, “Mishima” Johannes Brahms: Clarinet
Quintet
Thurs 23 March 20178.00 pm, Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School
of Music Emmanuelle Bertrand & Pascal Amoyel Emmanuelle
Bertrand (cello) and Pascal Amoyel (piano) have performed together
for many years, garnering widespread acclaim from critics and
audiences alike for the wonderful singing quality of their
playing.Fauré: Après un rêve, Op. 7, No.1 / Élégie,
Op.24Saint-Saëns: Deuxième Sonate, Op. 117Kevin Volans: New Music
Network commissionLiszt: Première Élégie, S.130Brahms: Cello Sonata
No. 1 in E minor, Op.38
Sun 26 February 20178.00 pm, City Hall, Cork
Cork Concert Orchestra Internationally renowned conductor
Dumitru Goia and highy esteemed guest soloist, violinist Diana
Jipa, join Cork Concert Orchestra for a very special programme of
Russian masterpieces.Shostakovich: Symphony No.5, Op.47.
Tchaikovsky: Polonaise from “Eugene Onegin”, Op.24. Tchaikovsky
(arr. Glazunov): Souvenir d’un Lieu Cher, Op.42. Glazunov: Concert
Waltz No.1, Op.47